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Indian Queen Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078274
MRDS ID W026528
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82033, 45.39768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 16 AIRLINE MILES NW DILLON, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 010W 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SECTION 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3.8 PERCENT CU AND 1.8 OZ/TON AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Melaconite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Axinite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon
    Rock description Mission Canyon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.82033, 45.39768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Faulting And Ne Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description East Limb Of Humbolt Mtn. Anticline, Pioneer Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SHOOTS
    Length 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone, Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE CRYSTALS UP TO 25 MM OCCUR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Birch Creek (Utopia) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Myrl Erwin And Anaconda Co.,
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ORE AMOUNTS TO 22,907 TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS 150 AND 200 FEET DEEP, 800 FOOT ADIT, AND 1600 FEET OF UNDERGROUND OPENINGS, ALL INACCESSIBLE FOR MANY YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 91-93, 177.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 61-65.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN, O., 1941 MA THESIS MSU, P. 216-221.

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, H.J., 1906, THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-433.

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, H.J., THE COPPER HANDBOOK: HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN, V. 6, P. 581.

  • Deposit

    1906 COMPILE STEVENS, H. J., PUB. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A. N., REPORT & GEOLOGIC MAP

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOCHEM PATEE, E. C., PUB. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP LOWELL, W.R., U.S.G.S., M.I. MAP I-433

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE GEACH, R. D., PUB. REPORT

  • Production

    GEACH, 1972 , MINES, BEAVERHEAD CO., P. 177

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 1923 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS AND BUNCHES WITHIN THE FAULT OR IN LIMESTONE NEAR THE IGNEOUS CONTACT. MOST OF THE ORE WAS OXIDIZED, EXCEPT FOR SOME VERY RICH SULPHIDE ORE AT DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Johns, Willis M.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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